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TIL that the rumbling sound your belly makes when you're gassy is called borborygmus

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47dR TIL that in 2002 a Painesville man was ordered by a judge to stand with a live pig next to a sign that read “This is not a police officer,” after the man referred to an officer as a pig during their confrontation.
Z8woD TIL that nobody wanted to buy the Ford Pinto during its launch in Brazil in the 1970s. The company then realized that "pinto" is actually portuguese slang for "small male genitalia".
XEv86 TIL that actress Kaley Cuoco's father-in-law is founder and Chairman of Intuit, maker of TurboTax & QuickBooks
jNa9R TIL France is the World's leading water purificator and has most availability to its citizens.
kwYg TIL The alleged last surviving veteran of the American Revolutionary War also had the longest recorded marriage at 91 years, 12 days: The only documented marriage to have broken the 90-year anniversary mark.